Course Title: Experiment with techniques to produce drawings
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2016
Course Code: VART6244C
Course Title: Experiment with techniques to produce drawings
School: 340T Art
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4311 - Certificate IV in Visual Arts
Course Contact: Jennifer Cabraja
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: visualarts@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Sharon west
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course covers the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to proactively experiment and innovate with various drawing techniques and ideas to develop an individual style or voice. This course relates to drawing as an art form and therefore differs from courses that focus on drawing as a visual representation tool.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUVDRA401A Experiment with techniques to produce drawings |
Element: |
1. Develop proficiency with a range of drawing techniques and media |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Evaluate the potential for new approaches to drawing based on capabilities of techniques already used 1.2 Adapt or introduce new tools, equipment and materials to achieve different effects 1.3 Extend the capabilities of drawing techniques through experimentation 1.4 Take account of the safety and sustainability considerations for different techniques and media |
Element: |
2. Develop ideas for drawing |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Articulate creative and other goals for drawing work 2.2 Research , adapt and use relevant ideas and approaches from other practitioners with consideration of intellectual property requirements 2.3 Apply knowledge of different drawing techniques to inform ideas 2.4 Allow techniques and ideas to work together to inform each other 2.5 Consider the professional potential and other criteria for work when developing ideas 2.6 Refine and confirm ideas based on experimentation, research and collaboration with others |
Element: |
3. Organise drawing resources |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Assess specific resource requirements for the chosen work 3.2 Research and access potential sources of supply for drawing resources 3.3 Evaluate cost and other constraints that impact on the development of work 3.4 Evaluate and respond to presentation considerations for finished drawings 3.5 Set up or coordinate resource requirements according to safety and other workplace requirements |
Element: |
4. Create finished drawings |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Create drawings, using techniques and media selected from research and experimentation 4.2 Review and refine ideas and approaches based on ongoing experience with the production of work 4.3 Use safe and sustainable work practices throughout the production of drawings 4.4 Document and record the development of the work and the research and ideas that inform it |
Element: |
5. Evaluate own drawing work |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Reflect on own work in terms of conceptual development and technical execution 5.2 Identify areas for future improvement, especially in terms of own skill development 5.3 Discuss completed work with others and respond positively to feedback |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will have acquired the skills and knowledge to:
- develop ideas and techniques through a process of research and experimentation
- produce multiple finished drawings or a single major work that demonstrate a command of techniques
- apply knowledge of drawing techniques, equipment and materials and the ways they may be adapted and combined.
Details of Learning Activities
In this course, you learn through:
1. In-class activities:
Teacher directed studio activities/projects
Studio exercises to review discussions/lectures/peer teaching /group discussion
Studio work
2. Out-of-class activities include:
Practical exercises
Reading articles and excerpts
Project work
Independent research
You are expected to manage your learning and undertake an appropriate amount of out-of-class independent study and research and industry guests speak about professional practice.
Please note: While your teacher will cover all the material in this schedule, the weekly order is subject to change depending on class needs and availability of speakers and resources
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Class content and materials | Visual Diary Task | Elements |
| 1 |
Introduction with ‘Powerpoint’ and basic issues. Protocols of life drawing Each week will focus on a variety of tasks via short/warm ups and long poses
Drawing the Skeleton Structural and lineal drawing Dry media Charcoal/and or conte chalk /pastel |
Ongoing weekly visual diary that is created during the semester . Including studies from anatomy books, internet sources and live model drawings, including observational figure studies using dry and wet medias Select 2 artists( pre-1980's and a post-1980's )who work from the figure and insert examples into your diary with comments |
1.1, 1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5 |
| 2 |
Basic issues focusing on perception exercises and short pose times including blind contour, and silhouette. Dry Media Charcoal/and or conte chalk/ pastel |
1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4.2.2.2.3.2.4.2.5 2.6, 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4 |
|
| 3 |
Focus on proportions of the body Short and long poses
Dry media Charcoal/and or conte chalk/pastel |
1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4, 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.3 | |
| 4 |
Focus on heads and hands and long poses studies Dry media Charcoal/and or conte /chalk pastel |
1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,4.1,4.2,4.3 | |
| 5 |
Long pose tonal focus on foreshortening the figure. Dry media Charcoal rub back technique Charcoal/and or conte chalk/pastel Kneadable and plastic erasers |
1.1, 1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,4.1,4.2,,4.3, | |
| 6 |
Long pose Tonal focus Dry media Using charcoal and conte chalk/pastels highlighting-white/brown grey |
1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5, 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.3 | |
| 7 | Tutorial week with ‘open’ class | 4.1, 4.2,4.3,4.4,5.1,5.2,5.3 | |
| 8 |
Pencil studies Focus on detailed and rendered mark making Graphite and visual diary |
4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,5.1,5.2,5.3 | |
| 9 |
Short pose gestural mark making. Wet media Using black ink and a variety of brushes and black ink |
4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,5.1,5.2,5.3 | |
| 10 |
Long pose study. Wet media Using ink in tonal wash steps A variety of brushes and black ink End of course discussion and student self-evaluation Review of techniques, materials and approaches. |
4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,5.1,5.2,5.3 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
You will be encouraged to attend exhibition openings and visit galleries outside of your learning environment.
RMIT School of Art has two galleries and an ongoing exhibition program.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through completion of a body of work that demonstrates concept development, understanding of materials and adhering to the guidelines of working in a studio.
Assessment Tasks
1. Task 1: Drawing folio Due: W20
2. Task 2: Visual Diary Due: W20
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment tasks with the relevant Unit of competency. These are available through the course contract in Program Administration.
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